And rightly so, as it was one of the deadliest attacks carried out in Afghanistan in the recent past by the ISIS, amidst multiple competing outfits. However, the claims of IS-KP were contested by the Afghan Government, which has been claiming that the IS-KP is acting as a mask for Taliban and Haqqani Network (HQN) in Afghanistan. “Why did the IS-KP claim responsibility of an attack carried out at HQN's behest? Taliban and ISIS have been earlier indulged into numerous conflicts in Afghanistan, with Al-Qaeda taking Taliban’s side. Even in Afghanistan, ISIS made inroads by recruiting active cadres from Al-Qaeda and Taliban/HQN.

Source: dna December 26, 2020 10:30 UTC